These miniature socks are designed to hang from earring hooks. Each sock has just 10 stitches around, with a ribbed cuff, short-row heel and rounded toe. The pattern gives two ways to make them, toe-up (recommended) and cuff-down, and both come out the same size. You can knit them in two colours as shown or in one.

Size: about 3.5 cm (1.4 in) tall from cuff to toe × 1.5 cm (0.6 in) wide at the heel, 0.6 g per sock, excluding hardware.

Needles: 1.75 mm (US 00) circular needle with a length of 56 cm (22 in) or longer for magic loop (preferable for toe-up cast-on), or 1.75 mm DPNs.

Yarn: 4-ply (fingering) sock yarn, about 2.5 m (2.7 yd) per earring: about 1.25 m in a main colour (MC) and about 1.25 m in a contrast colour (CC) for the toe, heel and cuff. Samples are in Opal Uni 4-ply sock yarn, 75% virgin wool and 25% polyamide, 100 g / 425 m, in Natural (3081), Red (5180) and Forest Green (9933). Other 4-ply (fingering) sock yarns should give a similar result, though thinner yarn makes a smaller earring and thicker yarn a larger one.

Gauge: measured on the finished, blocked earring, about 3 stitches and 5 rounds per cm, or 30 stitches and 50 rounds = 10 cm (7.6 stitches and 12.7 rounds = 1 in). Not critical, so knit as tightly as is comfortable for a neat finish.

Notions: tapestry needle, 2 jump rings (4 mm), 2 earring hooks, 2 pairs of pliers, scissors, ruler or measuring tape, pencil. Optional: stitch marker and strong sewing thread.

Techniques: Judy’s Magic Cast-On or Turkish Cast-On (toe-up), German Twisted Cast-On or Long Tail Cast-On (cuff-down), German short rows (double stitches), M1L, M1R, SSK, K2tog, and Kitchener stitch or a gathered toe.

Difficulty: intermediate. The tiny scale needs some precision and familiarity with short-row shaping.

Videos: the pattern links to videos by other creators for specific techniques, and to my full process videos for knitting the toe-up and cuff-down versions, and attaching the earring hooks. My videos show the whole process in real time, without sound, so they move fast and don’t explain each technique. I knit in continental style.

You’re welcome to sell finished earrings made from this pattern. Please credit Pom Pom & Circumstance as the designer. Please don’t copy, share or sell the pattern itself.

The finished earrings are small and a choking hazard. Keep them away from young children.